Magé, Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Region, Brazil

Geography | Demographics

🇧🇷 Magé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro. Magepe-Mirim was established in 1566 by Portuguese colonists. It is considered to be a calm place, especially compared to nearby Rio.

Geography Magé borders Petrópolis to the north, Duque de Caxias to west, Guapimirim to the east and Guanabara Bay to the south.

The climate is tropical throughout the municipality, except in areas near the Serra dos Órgãos with a subtropical highland climate.

The municipality contains part of the Central Rio de Janeiro Atlantic Forest Mosaic, created in 2006. It also contains the 14,146 hectares (34,960 acres) Suruí Environmental Protection Area.

Demographics According to then-mayor Nestor Vidal, the high index of growth in population is caused by low taxes and low prices of homes in the city. As of 2020, the population is 246,433, up from the approx. 90,000 in the 1960s. According to the 2009 census, whites constituted 15.2% of the demographic makeup, browns (mulatos) were 66.6%, and blacks were 19.1%. Other races represented 0.01% of the population in Magé. Class A population was 1.5%, Class B 46.2%, Class C 47.1% and Class D 6.2%. This indicates the index of poverty is high in the city; more than 55% are living in the poverty line in Magé.

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Magé has a population of over 246,400 people. Magé also forms part of the wider Rio de Janeiro State which has a population of over 17,264,943 people.

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Antipodal to Magé is: 136.969,22.64

Locations Near: Magé -43.031,-22.6404

🇧🇷 São Gonçalo -43.059,-22.824 d: 20.6  

🇧🇷 Itaboraí -42.861,-22.748 d: 21.1  

🇧🇷 Petrópolis -43.182,-22.504 d: 21.7  

🇧🇷 Teresópolis -42.967,-22.412 d: 26.2  

🇧🇷 Niterói -43.115,-22.888 d: 28.9  

🇧🇷 Duque de Caxias -43.299,-22.781 d: 31.7  

🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro -43.204,-22.911 d: 35  

🇧🇷 Maricá -42.817,-22.917 d: 37.8  

🇧🇷 Copacabana -43.184,-22.972 d: 40.1  

🇧🇷 São João de Meriti -43.367,-22.8 d: 38.7  

Antipodal to: Magé 136.969,22.64

🇯🇵 Amami 129.483,28.367 d: 19030.7  

🇯🇵 Nago 127.978,26.592 d: 19006  

🇯🇵 Ginowan 127.78,26.279 d: 19001.2  

🇯🇵 Okinawa City 127.793,26.343 d: 18999.8  

🇯🇵 Okinawa 127.809,26.409 d: 18998.5  

🇯🇵 Urasoe 127.734,26.254 d: 18997.9  

🇯🇵 Naha 127.702,26.199 d: 18997.2  

🇯🇵 Tomigusuku 127.667,26.15 d: 18995.8  

🇯🇵 Makishi 127.667,26.2 d: 18993.9  

🇯🇵 Nichinan 131.392,31.588 d: 18877.8  

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